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  1. A fortnight ago I wrote this on our 25-man squad. Since then we’ve had a busy time! Chadli and Soldado in, Caulker and now Dempsey out. This leaves our 25-man squad as follows (* = home grown player): Hugo Lloris Brad Friedel Heurelho Gomes Kyle Walker* Benoît Assou-Ekotto Kyle Naughton* Danny Rose* Younes Kaboul Jan Vertonghen Michael Dawson* […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 1 minute read
    • 3rd August 2013 at 09:32
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  2. When planning our squad and identifying targets in preparation for the forthcoming season, our management team must pay close consideration to the the 25-man squad rule. We are able to name a 25-man squad if eight of the players are “home grown”. We could name fewer than eight home grown players, but would need to […]
  3. Early movers? We all wondered whether Spurs had learnt their lessons and would get their transfer dealings done early this summer.  This morning we became the 19th Premier League club to have announced at least one signing so far (Swansea have signed eight players!). The Paulinho deal has finally been confirmed – the box-to-box Brazilian presents […]
  4. Loan news Earlier this week Spurs announced that Massimo Luongo and Grant Hall were to join League One side Swindon Town on loan for the season. Rumours suggest that they may shortly be joined by both Alex Pritchard and Nathan Byrne. Byrne had been announced as a permanent signing by Swindon Town’s chairman, Jed McCrory, at […]
  5. I looked around me and saw elderly gentlemen and school children alike taking their shoes off and waving them in the air whilst singing “shoes off if you love Tottenham”. This was the first experience of an away match for some. No doubt it was the first experience of a football match full stop for […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 3 minute read
    • 24th June 2013 at 10:05
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